Job Introduction
To co-ordinate, control and manage market samples (e.g. dress packing), to specified quality standards, in compliance with all relevant legislation.
Main Responsibility
Ensure that safe working practises and quality procedures are strictly adhered to, in line with ISO 9001, environmental and HMRC requirements.
* To operate and optimise specific asset settings, to ensure repeatable, consistent and efficient performance in accordance with samples schedule requests.
* Prepare all market request samples, spirit and mock. This includes all new product launches and all competitions entered by the company. Arrange delivery and track samples to market.
* Conduct quality checks at predetermined slots, in the process, to ensure quality is being achieved and maintained. Take appropriate corrective action if necessary.
* Manage stocks of whisky, materials and sample components, liaising with relevant operational and commercial stakeholders. Ensuring stock rotation and full compliance to decant processes.
* Control and apply relevant fiscal tax stamps.
* Balance supply and demand and interrogate data to ensure all customer request dates are met.
* Ensure correct cost centres are charged accordingly.
* Support other member of the External Quality Team logging and investigating complaints using IFS.
* Contribute appropriately to team meetings and support the implementation of team strategy, plans and continuous improvement projects, utilising relevant tools and methodologies to lead problem solving and CI activities.
* Demonstrate behaviours in line with our diversity and inclusion aim, which is to create and promote a diverse and inclusive culture at WG&S where ideas, differences and views are respected and where all employees are encouraged to create their own personal legacy
Our Ideal Candidate
- You'll have relevant industry experience
- Computer Literacy – Word, Excel, IFS10
- An eye for detail and understanding of legislation and quality standards
What we can offer you
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
- Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
- Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
- Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
About William Grant & Sons
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
William Grant & Sons
